Its been a long journey from the days when I used to run away from Oscar Winning Movies to the current times when I am appreciating and running towards them! After watching Wall Street and not knowing that Michael Douglas had won the Best Actor Oscar for that movie, I wanted to maintain the list of movies I have seen that have won a major Oscar.
Best Picture:
- 1939: Gone with the Wind
- 1943: Casablanca
- 1962: Lawrence of Arabia
- 1967: In the Heat of the Night
- 1972: The Godfather
- 1973: The Sting
- 1974: The Godfather Part II
- 1976: Rocky
- 1977: Annie Hall
- 1982: Gandhi
- 1983: Terms of Endearment
- 1985: Out of Africa
- 1986: Platoon
- 1987: The Last Emperor
- 1988: Rain Man
- 1990: Dances With Wolves
- 1991: The Silence of the Lambs
- 1992: Unforgiven
- 1993: Schindler's List
- 1994: Forrest Gump
- 1995: Braveheart
- 1996: The English Patient
- 1997: Titanic
- 1998: Shakespeare in Love
- 1999: American Beauty
- 2000: Gladiator
- 2001: A Beautiful Mind
- 2002: Chicago
- 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2004: Million Dollar Baby
- 2005: Crash
- 2006: The Departed
- 2007: No Country for Old Men
- 2008: Slumdog Millionaire
- 2009: The Hurt Locker
- 2010: The King's Speech
- 2011: The Artist
- 2012: Argo
- 2013: 12 Years a Slave
- 2014: Birdman
- 2015: Spotlight
- 2016: Moonlight
- 2017: The Shape of Water
- 2018: Green Book
- 2019: Parasite (The first foreign language film to win Best Picture.)
- 2022: Everything Everywhere All at Once
- 1939: Victor Fleming - Gone with the Wind
- 1943: Michael Curtiz - Casablanca
- 1962: David Lean - Lawrence of Arabia
- 1967: Mike Nichols - The Graduate
- 1973: George Roy Hill - The Sting
- 1974: Francis Ford Coppola - The Godfather Part II
- 1976: John G. Avildsen - Rocky
- 1977: Woody Allen - Annie Hall
- 1982: Richard Attenborough - Gandhi
- 1983: James L. Brooks - Terms of Endearment
- 1985: Sydney Pollack - Out of Africa
- 1986: Oliver Stone - Platoon
- 1987: Bernardo Bertolucci -The Last Emperor
- 1988: Barry Levinson - Rain Man
- 1989: Oliver Stone - Born on the Fourth of July
- 1990: Kevin Costner - Dances With Wolves
- 1991: Jonathan Demme - The Silence of the Lambs
- 1992: Clint Eastwood - Unforgiven
- 1993: Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List
- 1994: Robert Zemeckis - Forrest Gump
- 1995: Mel Gibson - Braveheart
- 1996: Anthony Minghella - The English Patient
- 1997: James Cameron - Titanic
- 1998: Steven Spielberg - Saving Private Ryan
- 1999: Sam Mendes - American Beauty
- 2000: Steven Soderbergh - Traffic
- 2001: Ron Howard - A Beautiful Mind
- 2002: Roman Polanski - The Pianist
- 2003: Peter Jackson - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- 2004: Clint Eastwood - Million Dollar Baby
- 2005: Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
- 2006: Martin Scorsese - The Departed
- 2007: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - No Country for Old Men
- 2008: Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
- 2009: Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker
- 2010: Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
- 2011: Michel Hazanavicius - The Artist
- 2012: Ang Lee - Life of Pi
- 2013: Alfonso Cuarón - Gravity
- 2014: Alejandro González Iñárritu - Birdman
- 2015: Alejandro González Iñárritu - The Revenant
- 2016: Damien Chazelle - La La Land
- 2017: Guillermo del Toro - The Shape of Water
- 2018: Alfonso Cuarón - Roma
- 2019: Bong Joon-ho - Parasite
- 2022: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once
- 1963: Sidney Poitier - Lilies of the Field
- 1967: Rod Steiger - In the Heat of the Night
- 1972: Marlon Brando - The Godfather [NOTE: Mr. Brando refused the award.]
- 1976: Peter Finch - Network
- 1980: Robert De Niro - Raging Bull
- 1982: Ben Kingsley - Gandhi
- 1986: Paul Newman - The Color of Money
- 1987: Michael Douglas - Wall Street
- 1988: Dustin Hoffman - Rain Man
- 1990: Jeremy Irons - Reversal of Fortune
- 1991: Anthony Hopkins - The Silence of the Lambs
- 1992: Al Pacino - Scent of a Woman
- 1993: Tom Hanks - Philadelphia
- 1994: Tom Hanks - Forrest Gump
- 1995: Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas
- 1996: Geoffrey Rush - Shine
- 1997: Jack Nicholson - As Good as It Gets
- 1998: Roberto Benigni - Life Is Beautiful
- 1999: Kevin Spacey - American Beauty
- 2000: Russell Crowe - Gladiator
- 2001: Denzel Washington - Training Day
- 2002: Adrien Brody - The Pianist
- 2003: Sean Penn - Mystic River
- 2004: Jamie Foxx - Ray
- 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
- 2006: Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
- 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis - There Will Be Blood
- 2008: Sean Penn - Milk
- 2009: Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart
- 2010: Colin Firth - The King's Speech
- 2011: Jean Dujardin - The Artist
- 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis - Lincoln
- 2013: Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
- 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant
- 2016: Casey Affleck - Manchester by the Sea
- 2018: Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody
- 2019: Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
- 2022: Brendan Fraser - The Whale
- 1974: Robert De Niro - The Godfather Part II
- 1982: Louis Gossett Jr. - An Officer and a Gentleman
- 1983: Jack Nicholson - Terms of Endearment
- 1987: Sean Connery - The Untouchables
- 1988: Kevin Kline - A Fish Called Wanda
- 1989: Denzel Washington - Glory
- 1990: Joe Pesci - Good Fellas
- 1991: Jack Palance - City Slickers
- 1992: Gene Hackman - Unforgiven
- 1993: Tommy Lee Jones - The Fugitive
- 1994: Martin Landau - Ed Wood
- 1995: Kevin Spacey - The Usual Suspects
- 1996: Cuba Gooding, Jr. - Jerry Maguire
- 1997: Robin Williams - Good Will Hunting
- 2000: Benicio Del Toro - Traffic
- 2001: Jim Broadbent - Iris
- 2003: Tim Robbins - Mystic River
- 2004: Morgan Freeman - Million Dollar Baby
- 2006: Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
- 2007: Javier Bardem - No Country for Old Men
- 2008: Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
- 2009: Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds
- 2012: Christoph Waltz - Django Unchained
- 2013: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
- 2014: J.K. Simmons - Whiplash
- 2016: Mahershala Ali - Moonlight
- 2017: Sam Rockwell - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 2018: Mahershala Ali - Green Book
- 2022: Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once
- 1939: Vivien Leigh - Gone with the Wind
- 1953: Audrey Hepburn - Roman Holiday
- 1967: Katharine Hepburn - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- 1976: Faye Dunaway - Network
- 1977: Diane Keaton - Annie Hall
- 1983: Shirley MacLaine - Terms of Endearment
- 1991: Jodie Foster - The Silence of the Lambs
- 1995: Susan Sarandon - Dead Man Walking
- 1996: Frances McDormand - Fargo
- 1997: Helen Hunt - As Good as It Gets
- 1998: Gwyneth Paltrow - Shakespeare in Love
- 2000: Julia Roberts - Erin Brockovich
- 2001: Halle Berry - Monster's Ball
- 2004: Hilary Swank - Million Dollar Baby
- 2006: Helen Mirren - The Queen
- 2009: Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side
- 2010: Natalie Portman - Black Swan
- 2012: Jennifer Lawrence - Silver Linings Playbook
- 2014: Julianne Moore - Still Alice
- 2015: Brie Larson - Room
- 2016: Emma Stone - La La Land
- 2017: Frances McDormand - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- 2018: Olivia Colman - The Favourite
- 2022: Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once
- 1939: Hattie McDaniel - Gone with the Wind
- 1970: Helen Hayes - Airport
- 1976: Beatrice Straight - Network
- 1982: Jessica Lange - Tootsie
- 1990: Whoopi Goldberg - Ghost
- 1992: Marisa Tomei - My Cousin Vinny
- 1996: Juliette Binoche - The English Patient
- 1997: Kim Basinger - L.A. Confidential
- 1998: Judi Dench - Shakespeare in Love
- 1999: Angelina Jolie - Girl, Interrupted
- 2001: Jennifer Connelly - A Beautiful Mind
- 2002: Catherine Zeta-Jones - Chicago
- 2004: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator
- 2006: Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
- 2007: Tilda Swinton - Michael Clayton
- 2008: Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
- 2011: Octavia Spencer - The Help
- 2012: Anne Hathaway - Les Misérables
- 2013: Lupita Nyong'o - 12 Years a Slave
- 2022: Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once
- 2001: Shrek
- 2002: Spirited Away
- 2003: Finding Nemo
- 2004: The Incredibles
- 2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
- 2006: Happy Feet
- 2007: Ratatouille
- 2008: WALL*E
- 2009: Up
- 2010: Toy Story 3
- 2011: Rango
- 2012: Brave
- 2013: Frozen
- 2014: Big Hero 6
- 2015: Inside Out
- 2016: Zootopia
- 2017: Coco
- 2018: Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse